A Ducks coach and also a fan favorite?

Bruce Boudreau appeared Thursday at ESPN Zone in Anaheim on “Off the Ice,” a radio show hosted by Steve Carroll.

At one point during the event, restaurant personnel had to disperse the line that had formed for Boudreau's autograph because the crowd was getting in the way of people trying to eat.

We're only guessing here but, by the end of Randy Carlyle's tenure, people would have lined up in such a manner only for the opportunity to kick him in the shins.

“It's all natural,” Boudreau says of his willingness to mix with fans. “I just like people and talking to them about hockey, as long as they don't start getting too critical. If they start cutting me up, I'll have to say, ‘Well, thanks, nice talking to you, but I gotta go.' ”

Boudreau, to be certain, is not Carlyle in terms of personality. We explore that topic – along with the TV commercial Boudreau once shot with a horse – in our latest column. Click here for the full story.

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